ebooktomobi.py

#!/usr/bin/python
import requests
import json
from time import sleep
import sys

headers={'x-oc-api-key':'6483389d2fa2802b97196b6b54ff487e', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
data = {'input': [{'source': '', 'type': 'remote'}], 'conversion': [{'target': 'mobi'}]}
response = dict()

def download_file(url, filename):
	filename = "".join(filename.split(".")[:-1]) + ".mobi"
	print(url, filename.split(".")[:-1])
    # NOTE the stream=True parameter
	try:
		r = requests.get(url, stream=True)
	except:
		print(" Url Error Occured while downloading")
		return False

	with open(filename, 'wb') as f:
		for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=1024): 
			if chunk: # filter out keep-alive new chunks
				f.write(chunk)
                #f.flush() commented by recommendation from J.F.Sebastian
	print("File Downloaded")
	return True

def get_conversion_id(source):
	global data
	data["input"][0]["source"] = source
	r = requests.post("https://api2.online-convert.com/jobs",data=json.dumps(data), headers=headers)
	rText = json.loads(r.text)
	return rText["id"]

def get_status(id):
	c = requests.get("https://api2.online-convert.com/jobs/" + id, headers=headers)
	cText = json.loads(c.text)
	global response
	response = cText
	return cText["status"]["code"]


###############################################################
# NOTE: Main function
if len(sys.argv) == 1:
	print "please specify a link"
	exit(0)

id = get_conversion_id(sys.argv[1])

status = get_status(id)
# print json.dumps(cText, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
while status != "completed" and status != "failed":
	print status
	status = get_status(id)
	sleep(1)
print status

if status != "failed":
	download_file(response["output"][0]["uri"], response["input"][0]["filename"] )